21.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Laharum · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Laharum
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 21% of people in Laharum report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a very healthy population where the vast majority of residents live without chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Very few people report mental health conditions here, at just 2.5%, which is well below the Victorian average of 8.8%. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 6.8%, though nearly 70% of the population has no long-term condition at all.
2.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Laharum, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Laharum reported needing help with daily activities. This is much lower than most other areas and well below the Australian figure of 5.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Laharum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21426/laharum/topic/health-disability